Silo.



C. M. SPINKS.

SILO. APPLICATION FILED Imam, 191

1,117,717. Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

2 SHEETSSHEBT L YHE NORRIS PETERS 60.. PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON D I;

C. M. SPINKS.

Patented Nov. 1 '7, 1914.

Application filed February 24, 1914. Serial No. 820,508.

To all 10710172276 may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES M. SPINKS,citizen of the United States, residing at Meridian, in the county ofLauderdale and State of Mississippi, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Silos, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to silos.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a silo comprising aplurality of upright, side by side compartments, and dooropenings anddoors complementary to each compartment and arranged in a verticalseries in one wall thereof to permit of ensilage being readily stored inthe compartment and as readily removed therefrom as occasion demands.The silo having a multi plicity of compartments each with dooropeningsand doors of its own is practically advantageous inasmuch as it affordsfacilities for storing and for the feeding of ensilarge throughout ayear, there being nothing to prevent the storing of ensilage in onecompartment while ensilage is being taken from another for feeding It isalso advantageous because different ensilage may be stored ments,

ensilage purposes, and segregate special ensialso enabling him to andsheep, re-

lage for horses, cattle, hogs spectively.

Another object of the invention is the pro vision of a silo constructedof superimposed wooden sections in such manner that the silo is renderedstiff and strong, and generally well adapted to withstand expansion andcontraction due to change in temperature.

Another object is the provision of a silo her compartso that the severalcompartments constitute a rigid and strong unitary SllO.

exterior, covered with plastic material; the plastic material beingdesigned to preserve the wood and contribute to the air-tight quality ofthe silo walls, and being affixed to the walls in manner.

Other advantageous characteristics of the invention will be fullyunderstood from the following description and claims when the same areread in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part ofthis specification, in which:

Fi ure l is an elevation of a silo c0nstitutmg one embodiment of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same taken in the planeindicated by the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, looking downwardly. Fig. 3comprises enlarged disconnected perspectives of alternate layers of thesilo body. Fig. 4 is an enlarged elevation showing a type of door thatmay be embraced in the silo. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectionillustrative of my advantageous manner of keying plastic material to theouter side of the wall of the silo body. Fig. 6 is a similar viewshowing plastic material afiix'ed to both the outer and the inner sidesof the wall of the silo body.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of t e drawings.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a suitable foundation 1 andarrange upon the same the body of my novel silo. The severalcompartments 2 in the silo body may and preferably do extend downwardlywithin the foundation 1, and are there provided with concave or othersuitable bottoms, and with walls, of the same material .as thefoundation, through the medium of which the compartments are separatedfrom each 0t er.

The body of the silo is formed of a plurality of superimposed layers 3and 4, of wood,and in the practice of my invention these layers may beformed into frames such as shown in Fig. 3 prior to being incorporatedin the silo body, or if preferred each layer may be formed incidental tothe construction of the silo body-z. 6., the wooden a peculiarly strongand durable each other upon the next lower layer. I would also have itunderstood that the sec tions of each layer are nailed or otherwisefastened to the sections of the layer below two long sections arrangedat opposite section 6 extending the full width of the silo body andarranged llel to sections 7 interposed between the end portions of thelong sections 5 6, and short sections 8 interthe middles thereof. i Vhendeemed desirable or necessary, the sections 5, 6, T and 8 nectedtogether. It will also be observed by comparison of Figs. 1 and 3,

so arranged relative to each other that the long wooden of each layerare arranged above and n alinement layer below it. By v1rtne of thisrelative arrangement, the oints between the sections 0 wood in in theadjacent layers, with the result that the rigidity and strength of thesilo body pacity of the silo body to withstand ex- Manifestly withoutafiecting my invention, the corners of each compartment 2 of oftriangular form in horizontal section. One of the compartments 2 18shown in Fig. prevent ensilage from collectingin the corbute to thefacility with wh stored in a compartment may be remove ed to receiveensilage of different descriptions, 1 would have it understood that thements and omitted from the other compartments. structed of the layers 3and 4, is arranged a roof 10 which may be of the convent1onal be securedin position in any approved manner. compartment 2 is a vertical seriesof openings 11, Figs. 1 and'Q, for the placing of from the compartment.The said openings 11 may be of any suitable shape, and

doors of anysuitable description. l prefer,.however, to bevel the wallsof the openings-11, and to doors 12, beveled as shown in 1g. l, thisbeing advantageous since the beveled doors will be tightly wedged inposition by the pressure of the ensilage, and yet when ensi- Each of thelayers referred to comprises sides of the silo body, a long intermediateof and para the long sections 5,

posed between the long sections 5 and 6 at of each layer are nailed orotherwise conthat the layers 3 and i are sections 5 with the shortsections 7 of the each layer are broken by sections of wood as a wholeare increased, as is also the caansion and contraction.

the silo may be occupied by upright strips 9,

strips 9 serve to ners of the compartment, and contri therefrom. Thecompartments being adaptstrips 9 maybe used in some of the compart- Uponthe upper end of the silo body conor any other suitable construction, anmay Formed in one of the outer walls of each ensilage in and the removalof ensilage may be controlled by same, when desired, through the mediumo1 arranged ithe openings with beveled walls lage in the same horizontalplane as a door and the close the is loosened or removed, the door canbe readily moved inwardly.

When desired, the inner sides of the several compartments can be linedwith cement or any other plastic material suitable to the purpose, asshown in Fig. 5, or i preferred, the inner sides of the compartments andthe outer side of the silo body can be covered with cement or othersuitable lastic material, as shown in Fig. 6. In the construction shownin Fig. 5, the sections of the alternate layers 3 and 4t are providedwith extended heads 13, which are embedded in the plastic material 14,while in the construction shown in Fig. 6 the sections of the alternatelayers are provided at opposite sidesof the walls with extended heads15, which are embedded in plastic layers .16 an which cover the woodenbody of the silo at the-inner and outer sides thereof. By virtue of thesaid construction, it will be manifest that the plastic layers arestrongly connected to the walls of the silo body without the assistanceof extraneous means; also, that there is little or no liability of theplastic covering falling or being broken away from the wooden walls.

While I have shown my novelsilo as of rectangular form in cross-section,it is obvious that the silo may be of any other shape in cross-sectioncompatible with the purpose of my invention without involving departurefrom the scope of the invention as claimed. The silo may graduallybe'increased in height from season to season, and that when deemeddesirable anyone or more of the compartments maybe discontinued at anydistance from the bottom of the silo and the remaining compartmentscarried up to any desired height.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desireto secure byLetters-Patent 1s: 1. A silo comprising in ture superimposed frames ofwood arrange horizontally and constructed to form the outer walls of andthe partitions between a plurality of upright compartments grouped abouta center; each horizontal frame 0 wood forming part of the outer wallsof the compartments and part of the partitions between the compartmentsand each frame of wood breaking joints with adjacent frames, framesbeing permanently connected together.

2. A silo comprising in a'unitary structure superimposed horizontalframes o wood constructed and arranged to each form part of the outerwalls and part ofthe partitions between a plurality ofuprightcompartments groupe about a center; each horizontal framehavingtwo long sections arranged at opposite sides of the silo, along aunitary strucsection extending the full width of the silo frames, andthe frames being permanently 10 and arranged intermediate of andparallel connected together.

to the first-named long sections, short sec- 11 testimony whereof I havehereunto set tions extending between the end portions of my hand inpresence of two subscribing witthe rst-named long sections and shortsecnesses.

tions interposed between the first-named CHARLES M. SPINKS.

Witnesses:

section at the middles thereof and each MONROE KELToN, frame of Woodbreaking joints with adjacent JAMES CAIN.

